You either have it or you don’t. I assume it isn’t very common for someone to possess one of the two qualities and not the other. They pretty much go hand-in-hand. Fortunately I possess both. I have achieved much in my life but none of it has just dropped into my lap. Sure, I have received a ‘freebie’ now and then, but I’m not one to sit around and wait for it.

If you can think it, you can achieve it. Do not let logistical obstacles get in your way. Nothing.

Typically, I get specific essay or posting material from a simple idea of it’s title-to-be. While making hot oatmeal for breakfast this morning I added frozen blueberries and cut up a fresh banana too. Then I started thinking that half way through the ‘cooking’ process I would crush the blueberries and any bananas in the way so that the berry juice would infiltrate throughout the heated oatmeal and mix together nicely. Yummy!

But then I wondered if it really mattered to crush them beforehand or not. Does doing that make a notable difference in the flavor of the hot oatmeal? It all goes down the same pipe. All the portioned items all get ‘chewed’ together using my teeth anyway. Does my tongue know the difference between pre-crushed blueberries and bananas over everything simply crushed-in-the-mouth during the chewing process?

Definitively I cannot say short of investigation performed multiple times to gather measurable data. Even then the data would only be subjective, unless of course there were testing instruments involved that measure flavor levels, and quantity for individual molecular count. One might think that data would be the same either way, but we don’t really know that do we?

Water becomes a solid when frozen, and water in its frozen state floats on the top surface of water. Aluminum in its solid state does not float in liquid (heated) form. Something chemically changes its physical characteristics.

Return to the hot oatmeal with added fruit. Irene would tell me, ‘It’s not rocket science.’ In essence, she’s telling me to quit overthinking it all.

It’s not like I make a decision to intentionally think as I do, it just happens. I think I’ll eat them like that, in the same state as it was when placed in the bowl. Unmodified.

Dude, how do you put your pants on in the morning?

I recently stumbled upon a song titled Exogenesis, by Muse that captured my attention and interest on a very high level. Not only is the composed music intriguing for its uncluttered yet haunting structure, the lyrics leaves one a lot to think about with its simplistic words. The piece is written in three symphonic parts and each part is one portion of the entire piece, which is a desperate plea for humanity and the world in which we live.

Released in 2009 I’m not sure how I missed this one, but I cannot get enough of it’s haunting words and melodic beauty.

Real, and heavy. Cathartic I guess. Just posted under the Musings tab is an essay titled ‘Yes, I Am Afraid’. Within the essay, Verb tense and Pronoun usage do not always match however; this is by design.

I wonder if a fleeting thought occurs for a reason, or if are they purely something random? When I was a kid I remember seeing a lightbulb burn-out, live. I happened to be looking at the bulb and it flashed then ‘went out’ while I was actively looking. At that point I knew seeing this phenomenon occur live was a rarity, since when bulbs burn-out they either flash and cease illuminating within the background or they just don’t illuminate when the flip is switch to the On position

That thought took me to wonder why I was witness to the bulb’s illumination terminating moment. Was that a random coincidence or did I see it occur live for a reason? Maybe the reason was so that I could continue to ponder the thought some 40 years after its occurrence.

Sometimes I think I shouldn’t be bothered with such trivial matter, but then I also think that others who don’t give these tiny events in life a second-thought are missing out on the complex process of human thought. Which then leads me to wonder why I am even writing about this?

Why?, because I can.

Yesterday morning I caught myself stirring my tea in the counter-clockwise direction. While this may seem meaningless to many, it wasn’t for me. Reason being is that I always stir my tea in the clockwise direction. I don’t even need to think about it because I know that I always do that. This the reason why stirring my tea in the counter-clockwise direction caught my attention. It signaled the anomaly detector in my brain.

Why did I do that? Would, or could it have significance on the rest of my day? If so, then what kind of significance? Does it matter that when this morning, while stirring my tea, I thought about yesterday’s counter-clockwise incident?

There must be a reason for that action, positive or negative. I wonder if this type of action would fall into the insignificant category..? And why I I ruminating about it now? It’s still ‘there’, that’s why. Does anyone else ever have such seemingly insignificant thoughts, yet very significant to the person, that it becomes something that needs to be pondered?

The gifted brain is one that is both blessed and cursed with such intensities. Intensities that matter because they are real. They exist in my genetic make-up. They are who I am.

While on my latest, and current venture I learned something from a couple of experts in the field that really resonated with me. Commit to the muse. The essential point of that simple statement was that an idea rarely just ‘comes out of nowhere’, it is developed. Achievement for any task or goal requires commitment, there’s simply no way around it. You either do something or you don’t.

Some may think that if there is nothing to say then nothing should be written. Wrong. Committing to the muse allows a writer to ‘get it out’, put it on paper, type it into an electronic document.

Musings don’t just happen, they are created. Whether meaningful or meaningless, they are part of the process. They are a means to write about ideas, thoughts and/or emotions, and they are essential.

Commit to the muse.

Yesterday was one of those days with beautiful images from Sky. Just posted under the Sky tab is only one of them. Go and see for yourself.

Ok, I am going to put it ‘out there’. I’ve been fascinated with this idea for weeks and have been doing a lot of research and reading on this topic. It’s even ‘scary’ to put in black and white because once I do, everyone knows. That’s ok though. One of the benefits of linear time is the release of inhibitions. It is what it is, and I am who I am.

I’m going to write a Screenplay.

There, I wrote it. This idea has now exceeded my desire to obtain a PhD, although that would also be nice to have.

I’m not looking for fame and fortune with the completed end-product, it’s an exercise, a learning experience. If, when completed, I feel that the story really has meat and bones, then I’ll pursue to market. At least, it will be an exciting process and that’s what writing is all about, the process.

Without the risk of failure, there is no success. Believe.

There was a time, before you and I were born, when others wondered what ‘it’ would be like in 2022. What would buildings look like? What would cars look like? How will we live in our houses?

The curiosity climb was amazing. Contraptions and inventions kept society moving forward, and for the most part, moving positively forward.

Looking forward, to 2052 let’s say, is only 30 years from now. Technology and computational ability is currently doubled approximately every 18 months. What will all of this look like then? Our cars, houses, products, form of communication, commerce, industry, government, all of it.

What/How will we be as individuals. Where do we go, from here?